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American man dies during surgery at Saigon beauty clinic: police

By Son Hoa, Quoc Thang July 20, 2017 | 09:36 am GMT+7

Officers suspect that he died of anaphylactic shock while undergoing lyposuction.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City are investigating the death of an American man who reportedly suffered seizures during surgery at a local clinic on Wednesday afternoon.

An initial investigation found the man, of around 60 years old, visited the clinic on Su Van Hanh Street in District 10 to have liposuction around his hip, a procedure to remove fat from the body.

During the procedure he went into a fit and died shortly after.

Officers suspect that he suffered an anaphylactic shock.

The clinic is a well-known destination licensed for cosmetic surgery in the city. Its owner, Doctor Nguyen Viet Thanh, is a respected expert in the field.

It’s not the first time plastic surgery has gone fatally wrong in Vietnam.

In October 2013, a woman in Hanoi died during a liposuction and breast enhancement procedure. Her surgeon was sentenced to 19 years in jail in December 2014 for malpractice and dumping her body into a river.